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NCAA.COM | MARCH 19, 2021
2021 NCAA bracket: Printable March Madness bracket .PDF
THE ABSURD ODDS OF A PERFECT MARCH MADNESS BRACKET Here is the official and printable NCAA bracket for the 2020-21 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, also known as March Madness. You can click or tap here to open the March Madness bracket as a .PDF in a new window.
NCAA bracket 2021: Printable March Madness bracket
This year's tournament will be held entirely in Indiana because of the pandemic. There are some slight changes to how the bracket will be seeded. The top four seeds will be handled the same and so will the First Four. The changes will come in how the rest of the bracket is completed. Teams will be placed in the bracket based on rankings without the usual considerations for geography. This is called using the "S-curve" to fill the bracket. There will be 37 at-large selections (one more than normal) and 31 automatic qualifiers (one fewer than normal). The Selection Committee will followed its bracketing principles, like not matching teams from the same conference against each other in early rounds. You can read the NCAA's release on bracketing principles here and our takeaways on what it means here.
MARCH MADNESS 2021 DATES, SCHEDULE, LIVE STREAMS AND TV NETWORKS GAME
TIME (ET) TV
SITE
First Four — Thursday, March 18 (16) Texas Southern 60, (16)
5:10 p.m. truTV
Mount St. Mary's 52 (11) Drake 53, (11) Wichita
6:27 p.m. TBS
State 52 (16) Norfolk State 54, (16)
(11) UCLA 86, (11) Michigan
Assembly Hall Mackey Arena
8:40 p.m. truTV
Appalachian State 53
Simon Skjodt
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall
9:57 p.m. TBS
Mackey Arena
(7) Florida vs. (10) Virginia
12:15
Hinkle
Tech
p.m.
State 80 First Round — Friday, March 19
12:45
(3) Arkansas vs. (14) Colgate
p.m.
CBS
Fieldhouse
truTV
Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indiana
(1) Illinois vs. (16) Drexel
1:15 p.m. TBS
Farmers Coliseum
(6) Texas Tech vs. (11) Utah
Simon Skjodt
1:45 p.m. TNT
State (2) Ohio State vs. (15) Oral
3 p.m.
Roberts
Assembly Hall
CBS
Mackey Arena Lucas Oil
(1) Baylor vs. (16) Hartford
3:30 p.m. truTV Stadium Unity (South)
(8) Loyola Chicago vs. (9)
4 p.m.
Georgia Tech (5) Tennessee vs. (12) Oregon
Hinkle
TBS
Fieldhouse Bankers Life
4:30 p.m. TNT
State
Fiieldhouse Indiana
(4) Oklahoma State vs. (13)
6:25 p.m. TBS
Liberty
Farmers Coliseum
(8) North Carolina vs. (9)
7:10 p.m. CBS
Wisconsin (2) Houston vs. (15) Cleveland
Mackey Arena
7:15 p.m. truTV
State
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Lucas Oil Stadium
(4) Purdue vs. (13) North Texas 7:25 p.m. TNT
Equality (North)
(7) Clemson vs. (10) Rutgers
Bankers Life
9:20 p.m. TBS
(6) San Diego State vs. (11)
Fieldhouse Hinkle
9:40 p.m. CBS
Syracuse
Fieldhouse Lucas Oil
(3) West Virginia vs. (14)
9:50 p.m. truTV Stadium Unity
Morehead State
(South) Indiana
(5) Villanova vs. (12) Winthrop
9:57 p.m. TNT
Farmers Coliseum
First Round — Saturday, March 20 (5) Colorado vs. (12)
12:15
Georgetown
p.m.
(4) Florida State vs. (13) UNC
12:45
Greensboro
p.m.
Hinkle
CBS
Fieldhouse
truTV
Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indiana
(3) Kansas vs. (14) Eastern
1:15 p.m. TBS
Washington
Farmers Coliseum Simon Skjodt
(8) LSU vs. (9) St. Bonaventure 1:45 p.m. TNT (1) Michigan vs. (16) Texas
3 p.m.
Southern
Assembly Hall
CBS
Mackey Arena Lucas Oil
(5) Creighton vs. (12) UC
3:30 p.m. truTV Stadium Unity
Santa Barbara
(South)
(2) Alabama vs. (15) Iona
4 p.m.
(6) USC vs. (11) Drake
4:30 p.m. TNT
Hinkle
TBS
Fieldhouse Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indiana
(2) Iowa vs. (15) Grand
6:25 p.m. TBS
Canyon
Farmers Coliseum
(7) UConn vs. (10) Maryland
7:10 p.m. CBS
(4) Virginia vs. (13) Ohio
7:15 p.m. truTV
Mackey Arena Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall Lucas Oil
(8) Oklahoma vs. (9) Missouri
7:25 p.m. TNT
Stadium Equality (North)
(1) Gonzaga vs. (16) Norfolk
9:20 p.m. TBS
State (6) BYU vs. (11) UCLA
9:40 p.m. CBS
Bankers Life Fieldhouse Hinkle Fieldhouse Lucas Oil
(3) Texas vs. (14) Abilene
9:50 p.m. truTV Stadium Unity
Christian
(South) Indiana
(7) Oregon vs. (10) VCU
9:57 p.m. TNT
Farmers Coliseum
We'll also be tracking verifiable perfect brackets from all major bracket games throughout the entire tournament. The bar is set high — Gregg Nigl picked the first 49 games correctly in 2019 before his first miss. Nigl was playing the Bracket Challenge Game on NCAA.com, which you can sign up to play here. Virginia was the champion that year and are still the defending champions since the 2020 tournament was canceled. Here's a look at the 2019 bracket:
2019 NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT BRACKET
MARCH MADNESS
Big Dance: View the bracket | March Madness schedule | Selection committee's toughest decisions Don't miss: Fill out your bracket | Season milestones | All DI men's basketball news Bracket tips: How to pick a champion | 11 mistakes to avoid | More tips Store: Shop latest college basketball gear Listen: March Madness 365 podcast | Exclusive interviews & latest analysis Latest: COVID-19 updates | Andy Katz's Power 36 | AP poll Here's a quick guide to how teams earn a spot in the NCAA tournament.
HOW ARE MARCH MADNESS TEAMS SELECTED? There are two ways that a team can earn a bid to the NCAA tournament. The 32 Division I conferences all receive an automatic bid (there will be 31 in 2021), which they each award to the team that wins the postseason conference tournament. Regardless of how a team performed during the regular season, if they are eligible for postseason play and win their conference tournament, they are selected to receive a bid to the NCAA tournament. These teams are known as automatic qualifiers. The second avenue for an invitation is an at-large bid. The selection committee (more on them in a second) convenes on Selection Sunday, after all regular season and conference tournament games are played, and decides which 36 teams (37 in 2021) that are not automatic qualifiers have the pedigree to earn an invitation to the tournament.
WHAT IS THE MARCH MADNESS SELECTION COMMITTEE? The 10-member NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Committee is responsible for selecting, seeding and bracketing the field for the NCAA Tournament. School and conference administrators are nominated by their conference, serve five-year terms and represent a crosssection of the Division I membership.
HOW DO THEY DECIDE WHICH TEAMS GET AN AT-LARGE BID? There are a multitude of stats and rankings that the Selection Committee takes into account, but there is no set formula that determines whether a team receives an at-large bid or not.
WHAT'S THIS THING CALLED THE NCAA EVALUATION TOOL? The NCAA Evaluation Tool, or NET, is a tool for the committee to evaluate the strength of individual teams. It replaces the RPI and was approved after months of consultation with the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, the National Association of Basketball Coaches, top basketball analytics experts and Google Cloud Professional Services. It includes game results, strength of schedule, game location, scoring margin (capped at 10 points per game), and net offensive and defensive efficiency.
WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEDING IN MARCH MADNESS? The men’s college basketball tournament is made up of 68 teams. On Selection Sunday, before any tournament game is played, those teams are ranked 1 through 68 by the Selection Committee, with the best team in college basketball — based on regular season and conference tournament performance — sitting at No. 1. Four of those teams are eliminated in the opening round of the tournament (known as the First Four), leaving us with a field of 64 for the first round. Those 64 teams are split into four regions of 16 teams each, with each team being ranked 1 through 16. That ranking is the team’s seed. In order to reward better teams, first-round matchups are determined by pitting the top team in the region against the bottom team (No. 1 vs. No. 16). Then the next highest vs. the next lowest (No. 2 vs. No. 15), and so on. In theory, this means that the 1 seeds have the easiest opening matchup to win in the bracket. MARCH MADNESS
Big Dance: View the bracket | March Madness schedule | Selection committee's toughest decisions Don't miss: Fill out your bracket | Season milestones | All DI men's basketball news Bracket tips: How to pick a champion | 11 mistakes to avoid | More tips Store: Shop latest college basketball gear Listen: March Madness 365 podcast | Exclusive interviews & latest analysis Latest: COVID-19 updates | Andy Katz's Power 36 | AP poll
WHAT IS A CINDERELLA? Much like the titular character from the fairy tale, a Cinderella team is one that is much more successful than expected. Examples in March would be Villanova’s 1985 championship run, when the eighth-seeded Wildcats became the lowest seeded team to ever win the title, knocking off the heavy favorite Georgetown.
WHO HAS WON EVERY NCAA TOURNAMENT? Thirty-five different teams have won a championship, but no team has won more than UCLA, which has 11, 10 of which came a span of 12 years from 1964 to 1975.
PREVIOUS MARCH MADNESS WINNERS Here is the list of every men’s basketball national championship since the NCAA tournament began in 1939:
YEAR CHAMPION (RECORD) HEAD COACH SCORE RUNNER-U 2021
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
2020
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
2019
Virginia (35-3)
Tony Bennett
2018
Villanova (36-4)
Jay Wright
79-62
Michigan
2017
North Carolina (33-7)
Roy Williams
71-65
Gonzaga
2016
Villanova (35-5)
Jay Wright
77-74
2015
Duke (35-4)
2014
Connecticut (32-8)
2013
Mike
85-77 (OT)
Texas Tech
North Carolina
68-63
Wisconsin
Kevin Ollie
60-54
Kentucky
Louisville (35-5)*
Rick Pitino
82-76
Michigan
2012
Kentucky (38-2)
John Calipari
67-59
Kansas
2011
Connecticut (32-9)
Jim Calhoun
53-41
Butler
2010
Duke (35-5)
61-59
Butler
2009
North Carolina (34-4)
Roy Williams
2008
Kansas (37-3)
Bill Self
2007
Florida (35-5)
Billy Donovan
84-75
Ohio State
2006
Florida (33-6)
Billy Donovan
73-57
UCLA
2005
North Carolina (33-4)
Roy Williams
75-70
Illinois
2004
Connecticut (33-6)
Jim Calhoun
82-73
Georgia Te
2003
Syracuse (30-5)
Jim Boeheim
81-78
Kansas
2002
Maryland (32-4)
Gary Williams
64-52
Indiana
2001
Duke (35-4)
82-72
Arizona
2000
Michigan State (32-7)
Tom Izzo
89-76
Florida
1999
Connecticut (34-2)
Jim Calhoun
77-74
Duke
1998
Kentucky (35-4)
Tubby Smith
78-69
Utah
1997
Arizona (25-9)
Lute Olson
1996
Kentucky (34-2)
Rick Pitino
76-67
Syracuse
1995
UCLA (31-2)
Jim Harrick
89-78
Arkansas
1994
Arkansas (31-3)
76-72
Duke
1993
North Carolina (34-4)
77-71
Michigan
1992
Duke (34-2)
71-51
Michigan
1991
Duke (32-7)
72-65
Kansas
1990
UNLV (35-5)
1989
Michigan (30-7)
Steve Fisher
1988
Kansas (27-11)
Larry Brown
83-79
Oklahoma
1987
Indiana (30-4)
Bob Knight
74-73
Syracuse
1986
Louisville (32-7)
Denny Crum
72-69
Duke
1985
Villanova (25-10)
66-64
Georgetow
1984
Georgetown (34-3)
84-75
Houston
Jim Valvano
54-52
Houston
Georgetow
1983
Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski
Nolan Richardson Dean Smith Mike Krzyzewski Mike Krzyzewski Jerry Tarkanian
North Carolina State (26-10)
Rollie Massimino John Thompson
89-72 75-68 (OT)
84-79 (OT)
Michigan State Memphis
Kentucky
103-73 Duke 80-79 (OT)
Seton Hall
1982
North Carolina (32-2)
Dean Smith
63-62
1981
Indiana (26-9)
Bob Knight
63-50
1980
Louisville (33-3)
Denny Crum
59-54
UCLA
1979
Michigan State (26-6)
75-64
Indiana Sta
1978
Kentucky (30-2)
Joe Hall
94-88
Duke
1977
Marquette (25-7)
Al McGuire
67-59
1976
Indiana (32-0)
Bob Knight
86-68
Michigan
1975
UCLA (28-3)
John Wooden
92-85
Kentucky
Norm Sloan
76-64
Marquette
1974
North Carolina State (30-1)
Jud Heathcote
North Carolina
North Carolina
Memphis
1973
UCLA (30-0)
John Wooden
87-66
1972
UCLA (30-0)
John Wooden
81-76
Florida Sta
1971
UCLA (29-1)
John Wooden
68-62
Villanova
1970
UCLA (28-2)
John Wooden
80-69
Jacksonvil
1969
UCLA (29-1)
John Wooden
92-72
Purdue
1968
UCLA (29-1)
John Wooden
78-55
1967
UCLA (30-0)
John Wooden
79-64
Dayton
1966
UTEP (28-1)
Don Haskins
72-65
Kentucky
1965
UCLA (28-2)
John Wooden
91-80
Michigan
1964
UCLA (30-0)
John Wooden
98-83
Duke
1963
Loyola (Ill.) (29-2)
George
60-58
Ireland
(OT)
1962
Cincinnati (29-2)
Ed Jucker
71-59
1961
Cincinnati (27-3)
Ed Jucker
1960
Ohio State (25-3)
Fred Taylor
75-55
California
1959
California (25-4)
Pete Newell
71-70
West Virgin
1958
Kentucky (23-6)
Adolph Rupp
84-72
Seattle
1957
North Carolina (32-0)
Frank
54-53
McGuire
(3OT)
1956
San Francisco (29-0)
Phil Woolpert
83-71
Iowa
1955
San Francisco (28-1)
Phil Woolpert
77-63
LaSalle
1954
La Salle (26-4)
Ken Loeffler
92-76
Bradley
1953
Indiana (23-3)
69-68
Kansas
1952
Kansas (28-3)
Phog Allen
80-63
St. John's
1951
Kentucky (32-2)
Adolph Rupp
68-58
1950
CCNY (24-5)
Nat Holman
71-68
1949
Kentucky (32-2)
Adolph Rupp
46-36
1948
Kentucky (36-3)
Adolph Rupp
58-42
Baylor
1947
Holy Cross (27-3)
Doggie Julian
58-47
Oklahoma
1946
Oklahoma State (31-2) Henry Iba
43-40
1945
Oklahoma State (27-4) Henry Iba
49-45
1944
Utah (21-4)
1943
Wyoming (31-2)
1942
Stanford (28-4)
1941
Wisconsin (20-3)
1940
Indiana (20-3)
1939
Oregon (29-5)
Branch McCracken
70-65 (OT)
Vadal
42-40
Peterson
(OT)
Everett
State
North Carolina
Cincinnati
Ohio State
Ohio State
Kansas
Kansas State Bradley
Oklahoma A&M
North Carolina NYU
Dartmouth
46-34
Georgetow
Everett Dean
53-38
Dartmouth
Bud Foster
39-34
Shelton
Branch McCracken Howard Hobson
Washingto State
60-42
Kansas
46-33
Ohio State
*Louisville’s participation in the 2013 tournament was later vacated by the Committee on Infractions.
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